An Air Algérie jetliner with at least 116 people on board crashed in northern Mali on Thursday, the airline and officials in Africa said, marking the latest in a string of airline incidents around the world that has mobilized aviation regulators and safety officials.

The jetliner, a Boeing Co. MD-83, took off from Burkina Faso en route to the Algerian capital, Algiers. Air Algérie Flight 5017 lost contact at 1:55 a.m. local time, 50 minutes after departing from Ouagadougou.